LING 490

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Special Topics in Linguistics

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Course provides an opportunity to focus on various subfields of the linguistic sciences, depending on the interests of the faculty and student.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated as topic varies to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. Students may register for up to two sections in the same term. Prerequisite: LING 100, LING 400, or consent of instructor.

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LING 490 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
70664	Lecture-Discussion	3CH	3:00PM -4:20PM	TR	136 Davenport Hall	Tywoniw, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Introduction to Applied Linguistics. An introduction to applied linguistics research and linguistic-informed responses to various questions that emerge from other fields and from daily life. Themes include 1.) Applied Linguistics in language learning and Second Language Acquisition, 2.) language evaluation from both lay and expert perspectives, language testing, and prescriptivism in linguistics, and 3.) language policy and the sociopolitics of language, including language policy and language discrimination. Analysis and investigation of corpus linguistic data will introduce conventions of writing and research in applied linguistics. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
48356	Lecture-Discussion	3UG	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	G20 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Ma, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Statistics for Linguistics This course is an overview of statistical analysis for linguistics. While no prior background in statistics and R is assumed, students are encourage to get some basic R programming knowledge before the course to facilitate their learning and understanding . The goal of the course is for students to understand statistical concepts and analyses, in order to do analyses that are reasonable and appropriate. Focus will be placed on a critical analysis of current methods, as well as on scientific reproducibility and transparency. The course will begin with an overview of descriptive statistics, and will continue to hypothesis testing and linear regression. The course will be taught using the R software environment. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
70668	Lecture-Discussion	4CH	3:00PM -4:20PM	TR	136 Davenport Hall	Tywoniw, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Introduction to Applied Linguistics. An introduction to applied linguistics research and linguistic-informed responses to various questions that emerge from other fields and from daily life. Themes include 1.) Applied Linguistics in language learning and Second Language Acquisition, 2.) language evaluation from both lay and expert perspectives, language testing, and prescriptivism in linguistics, and 3.) language policy and the sociopolitics of language, including language policy and language discrimination. Analysis and investigation of corpus linguistic data will introduce conventions of writing and research in applied linguistics. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40583	Lecture-Discussion	4G	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	G20 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Ma, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Statistics for Linguistics This course is an overview of statistical analysis for linguistics. While no prior background in statistics and R is assumed, students are encourage to get some basic R programming knowledge before the course to facilitate their learning and understanding . The goal of the course is for students to understand statistical concepts and analyses, in order to do analyses that are reasonable and appropriate. Focus will be placed on a critical analysis of current methods, as well as on scientific reproducibility and transparency. The course will begin with an overview of descriptive statistics, and will continue to hypothesis testing and linear regression. The course will be taught using the R software environment. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63731	Lecture-Discussion	G4	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	G18 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Mendoza, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: "Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics." This course is an overview of qualitative research methods in applied linguistics. No prior background is assumed before the course. The goal of the course is to understand the epistemological and methodological differences between different types of qualitative studies, the affordances of different types of data, developing research questions, research ethics, and how to design an empirically valid and transparent study. We will examine case studies, ethnographies, action research, and grounded theory in interview studies. We will use NVivo and Otter.ai. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
65072	Lecture-Discussion	UG	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	316N Mumford Hall	Maskharashvili, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: MEETS WITH LING 506 (64841) Topic: “Logical Approaches to the Syntax-Semantics Interface”. Meets with LING 506. Prerequisites: 1.LING 301: Elements of Syntax (or more advanced course in Syntax) or LING 444: Computational Syntax) or equivalent. 2. LING 307: Elements of Semantics & Pragmatics or LING 490: Computational Semantics or equivalent. 3.In case of a relevant experience not listed above, please contact instructor for approval. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
68133	Lecture-Discussion	UG3	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	G18 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Mendoza, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: "Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics." This course is an overview of qualitative research methods in applied linguistics. No prior background is assumed before the course. The goal of the course is to understand the epistemological and methodological differences between different types of qualitative studies, the affordances of different types of data, developing research questions, research ethics, and how to design an empirically valid and transparent study. We will examine case studies, ethnographies, action research, and grounded theory in interview studies. We will use NVivo and Otter.ai Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.